Press releases

In cooperation with world renown conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the equally world renown Philharmonia Orchestra, polar prize laureate Peter Sellars and a number of eminent fellow artists, Orphei Drängar (OD) have participated in two sold out concerts of Igor Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex at the international opera festival of Aix-en-Provence. “A true milestone in the long history of Orphei Dr...

Between 17th and 25th of October, 2014, Orphei Drängar goes on tour to Japan. The choir will visit Osaka, Tokyo and Okinawa. It’s not the first time for Orphei Drängar travelling to the east, and certainly nor the last. With a large group of dedicated Japanese fans it is a great pleasure for the choir to once again visit Japan. The last time Orphei Drängar visited Japan was on a tour in 2010...

OD’s conductor since 2008, professor Cecilia Rydinger Alin has been named Honorary Uppland Resident 2011. ”Cecilia Rydinger Alin has contributed to the renewal of an activity wrought in tradition that is very much a part of Uppsala and what Uppsala is about”, comments the Governor of the County of Uppsala Peter Egardt. Among earlier awardees are found notable Swedes like Lasse Åberg, Eric Ericson,...

The weekend 1-3 April male chorus Orphei Drängar, led by the Swedish Radio Choir’s conductor Peter Dijkstra, will perform at three concerts at the concert halls in Västerås  and Stockholms Konserthus  and at the University Hall in Uppsala. At the tour, having the theme “from darkness to light”, some of the greatest works for male chorus a cappella will be on offer including ”Quat...

Philharmonia Orchestra with its leading principal conductor and artistic advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen has invited Orphei Drängar to perform the Kullervo symphony by Jean Sibelius both as part of Berliner Festspiele in Berlin as well as in the London home of the orchestra, Royal Festival Hall. The concerts are held on Tuesday 6 September in Berlin and Sunday 25 September in London. The London concerts...

Year’s sold-out Caprice concerts with OD featured visits from clarinetist Martin Fröst, Svante Henrysson, known both as a classical cellist and as electric bassist in hard-rock bands, and comedian Johan Wester. “It’s extremely enriching to have a chance to make music together with these two world-class musicians. It’s also liberating to laugh so uncontrollably in the compan...

In connection with the wedding between Crown Princess Victoria and Mr Daniel Westling the Swedish Parliament invited the couple to a gala concert in the Stockholm concert hall. Many leading artists took part and among them were OD. OD was honored to perform the famous ”Anvil Chorus” from Guiseppe Verdis opera ”Il Trovatore” with a funny text, written by the concert’s producer Peter Ström, accompan...

This year’s serenade concerts with Orphei Drängar, under the theme ”Joy and Rapture” with actor Michael Nyqvist as a guest, will take place on 1 June at 7pm and 9pm. The concert will contain a broad spectrum of music by composers from Henry VIII to Lennon/McCartney. The varied musical programme will be interleaved with poems by Swedish and international authors. Cecilia Rydinger Alin will conduct ...

Elin Rombo guest at Orphei Drängar’s Spring Concerts 2010-04-15 10:39 Tickets for Orphei Drängar’s traditional spring concerts 24-25 April are now available. Guest artist this year in lyrical  soprano Elin Rombo, seen recently in Figaros bröllop at the  Stockholm Opera and previously among other things in Pärlfiskarna at Folkoperan. Elin Rombo also received the Birgit Nilsson scholarsh...

On Eric Ericson Day in Berwald Hall, Sunday, October 25, KÖRSAM, the coordinating body for the Swedish choral world, awarded the Choir Director of the Year prize to OD’s leader Cecilia Rydinger Alin. She is the third Orphei Drängar director to be honored with the prize. The justification for FOLKSAM and KÖRSAM’s award 2009 Choir Director of the Year reads: “Cecilia Rydinger Alin....